School is Cool!

Morning friends! Before I go to far into my post for today I have to say happy birthday to my dad! Happy Birthday dad...I hope you have a wonderful day! HUGS!

Okay, today's card was made for the two challenges that Katie Skiff had on her blog for her Back To School Blog Party challenge. She has a wonderful sketch challenge on her blog and a color challenge as well which is bashful blue (didn't quite use bashful blue but...), real red, and early espresso. I used some A Muse stamps from their school release last year (I believe) and since I was using A Muse I thought I'd use their quick and clean style as well.

I already have a recipient in mind for this card so it will go off in the mail soon. Well, I think that is it for today. I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday planned. See ya soon!

So Happy!

Morning everyone! This will be a quick post today as by the time you read this I will be listening to the author of The Shack speak. Obviously that means I'm typing this up Friday night so now you know why this will be short.

I made this card real quick last night for a friend that is newly expecting. I'm just so thrilled for her...she is such a good mommy to her cutie patootie almost two year old daughter! This card combines A Muse Stamps and a SU! Stamp. When I ordered my new release A Muse stamps I also ordered the Pregnant Lady (they must be out of this one...I can't find it for ya) and the Lots of Flowers Background stamp that you see. The sentiment is from the SU! set Nursery Necessities. To offset the very light cardstock I used black cardstock and black gingham ribbon to finish off the card. I'm really pleased with how this came out.

Alright...I must head to bed...I hope you have a wonderful Saturday! I'll be back tomorrow with a Sister's Challenge...although I don't have a sister I've been accepted as a sister for this challenge and I'm SO excited! So, with that...night/have a great day!

Inspiration Challenge For Ya!

Happy Wednesday! It is always nice to be at the middle of the week, huh?

While Todd and I were gone this last weekend I saw a cute little round zippered bag that you see below. I thought it had the potential to be a cute card so I took a picture on my phone and made a card from it today.

Basically I used Stampin' Up! card stock and punches along with rhinestones (which are all on sale right now and are only $1.50!) from limeLIGHT to achieve my card. The sentiment is from A Muse. I decided to decorate up the inside as well so I just added some Whisper White card stock along with a couple of flowers and tah dah!

Now...I thought it might be fun to see what you guys would do with my inspiration piece so....how about a little challenge? Go ahead and make, well, anything with the round zippered bag you see in the picture below, link it up to this blog post and one random person win a little prize from me. The prize is going to be sponsored by the wonderful Mandy who will be sending one person two packages of rhinestone...one each of the colors I used in this card! Woot! You'll get Antique Rose and Island Lagoon!. So, please link your project to this post by Saturday at 6 p.m. Pacific Time and I'll post the winner on Sunday! Tell your friends about this challenge...the more the merrier!

Alright...go ahead...get to work and have a great time with this challenge!

Memorial Day

The above picture is of the American flag that is flown at half mast everyday over the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. I took this photo, which has no touch up, during our tour of the memorial. This was a sobering stop on our trip but one that definitely taught me about sacrifice.

And, here is my card that, to me, says what today is all about...Land of the free because of the brave. Please remember that today isn't just about a day off of school or work. It is a day to remember those that have fallen in war and to forever honor their memory.